...Hallyu began roughly 12 years ago when the rest of Asia discovered Korean soap operas. One of the breakthrough dramas was a series 'Winter Sonata' starring Choi Ji-woo & Bae Young-Joon. After that, more Korean dramas saw their way to foreign shores and Korean films and music started to follow suit. Korean marketing people started to see a Korea-centric trend. They dubbed this flow "The Korean Wave" or Hallyu....

5.3.13

[News] Park Si-hoo Files Countercharge with False Accusation.

Korean actor Park Si-hoo, who is suspected of
raping a would-be actress, has filed a countercharge against the woman
citing false accusation.

The actor’s attorney brought the
counter action against the woman who accused Park of rape as well as her
friend and C.E.O of Park’s former agency, Eyagi Entertainment, citing
false accusation, attempted threat and defamation via publication,
Korean press outlets reported on March 4.

Park’s attorney
claimed that the three parties, including the woman’s senior friend who
had been insisting that she heard about the allged rape from the woman
right after the incident, conspired together to extort settlement money
from Park.

Eyagi Entertainment stated its official position
saying that, “our C.E.O had nothing to do with Park facing a lawsuit
with rape. We feel very sorry about the situation since we made a lot of
effort for a satisfactory settlement of the incident. We’ll do our best
to regain our honor and restrore our reputation when we get summoned.”

The
“Cheongdam-dong Alice” actor has been accused of rape by a 22-year-old
would-be actress mid-February. The woman said she was drunk when she was
raped at Park’s house on February 15, and also accused Park’s colleague
of sexual molestation.

The two suspects denied the rape charge
at the police investigation on March 1 which lasted almost 10 hours, The
investigation had been delayed several times at the request of Park.